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We are looking for applicants in the UK within commutable distance of our Barnard Castle site. Are you looking for an opportunity to collaborate, build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and management on Occupational Health related matters. Are you looking to work within a rewarding OH environment that celebrates an inclusive and diverse culture, with a drive for continued development and improvement initiatives within the team?  If so, this is the role for you.

As a dynamic, highly motivated Senior Occupational Health Advisor, you will be responsible for delivering a high quality in-house Occupational Health (OH) service to GSK employees across the UK with a clinical background to drive to be the best. You will be a brilliant communicator working collaboratively with your Occupational Health team to meet agreed objectives and targets.

This role will provide YOU with exciting opportunity to deliver a best practice Occupational Health Service, which we are delighted to share has been successfully SEQOHS accredited in June 2023 with a successful annual renewal in June 2024, without any service recommendations.

In this role you will…

• Collaborate with other members of the UK Occupational Health Service team, the wider EHS team, HR, and other key stakeholders, to deliver strategy, enhance the operation of the function and act as a Subject Matter Expert to the business regarding OH matters.
• Oversee and manage site/OH function Risk Based Health Surveillance programmes and Health Capability Assessment programmes and share programme compliance data with site stakeholders.
• Generating clinical and performance data and metrics to demonstrate the quarterly service deliverables, and the value of the OH function to the business, which includes data analysis of health trends to identify and monitor workplace hazards, support business risk mitigation, and improve employee performance and wellbeing.
• Seek and respond to customer feedback, investigate complaints, and contribute to the improvement of processes and service delivery in response to customer feedback.
• Support quality and governance framework to ensure delivery of a safe and effective Occupational Health Service by engaging in internal and external audits, maintaining knowledge and skills, and completing mandatory and required training, engaged in projects that support the wider OH strategy within the UK, and globally, as required.
• Leading and providing an effective case management service for managers and staff. Ownership and management of a clinical case load providing clear decisions and opinions regarding case outcomes. This will include managing cases related to occupational illnesses and injuries, Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefit scheme and Ill Health Retirement (IHR). Providing concise medical reports and summarizing recommendations in accordance with evidence based best practice and aligned to GSK people policies.

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Registered Nurse with Post graduate Occupational Health qualification.
• Recent experience of delivering core OH services with a large, complex, Manufacturing environment or similar.
• Recent experience of working within a centralised service model with the ability to demonstrate an elevated level of independent decision making.
• Customer interface - such as training/presenting relevant health data.
• Auditing clinical performance and service delivery.
• As the service is paperless there is a need for good IT skills, i.e. proficient in use of Microsoft systems (MS Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, office365 applications etc and previous experience of using OH software systems

Preferred:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Diploma/BSc degree in Occupational Health +/- safety management or related health studies.
• Previous management experience desirable, but not essential.

Closing Date for Applications: 30th August 2024

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

We are addressing gender equality at all levels within our organisation, we also remain committed to improving ethnic diversity within GSK and recruiting and developing talent that mirrors the communities in which we work. With support from our Global Disability Council and our employee resource group, the Disability Confidence Network, we are working hard to create an inclusive workplace.

We want GSK to be somewhere everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive. Our success absolutely depends on our people.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

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